Leonel Pontes (politician)

Leonel Pontes
Leonel Pontes
Minister of Labor, Solidarity, Women & Family Affairs of Sao Tomé and Principe
President	Fradique de Menezes
Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Sao Tomé and Principe
	In office; 2012–2014
President	Manuel Pinto da Costa
Succeeded by	Maria Tomé
Personal details
Born	São Tomé and Príncipe

Leonel Pontes is a São Toméan politician.

He travelled to Geneva, Switzerland for the International Red Cross Commission of the United Nations. He was named as the country's Minister of Health in 2012 for the XIV Constitutional Government led by Gabriel Costa up to his resignation on 2 January 2014 a few days after the reshufflement of the government. Following an affair on abuse on public funds which embezzled the funds from Taiwan made available by the ministry, he called after his resignation. Pontes also set up fraudulent subsidies with him and his brother, residents in Angola as well as his office manager.^[1]

References

↑ Ramusel, Graça (2 January 2014). "Demissão do ministroda Saúde e dos Assuntos sociais de São Tomé e Príncipe" [Resignation as Minister of Health and Social Affairs of São Tomé and Príncipe]. DW (in Portuguese).

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[1] Ramusel, Graça (2 January 2014). "Demissão do ministroda Saúde e dos Assuntos sociais de São Tomé e Príncipe" [Resignation as Minister of Health and Social Affairs of São Tomé and Príncipe]. DW (in Portuguese).